I think he's referring to a couple of odd looking cells. There is one just right of centre, and I can't make out what is happening with the one in the lower right quadrant. Don't know if htey are just bees hatching out or if they are dead in their cells.

that is nether AFB OR EFB if there is any thing starting out of the ordinary i would say mild chalk brood is starting-but there are many reasons why the condition in the pic would accrue -there is nothing to be worried about from the pic-the bees will take care of it --check your mite load many viruses from mites mimic brood disorders--RDY-B

Here is an image of the string test on a dark & capped drone cell. It was difficult to create a string of any size. I got it to work 2 out of 10 times. I tried it with an UNcapped one that was black & shriveled. It was moist but would not string and disintegrated. I looked under the hood of a handful of capped drones. I couldn't find any more unhealthy looks pupa.

A crappy looking frame for sure but doesn't look like disease to me. Looks like a queenless situation and looks like it was once robbed too. What do the other frames look like? How's the population?

Scott

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State Apiarist said it is 'Chilled Brood'. Which make a lot of sense given the population of this hive. Now i know what Chilled brood looks like. The bees can be dealt with without fear of infecting other hives.